VICTOR EMMANUEL
BUILDERS OF
UNITED ITALY
WITH EIGHT PORTRAITS
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1908
Copyright, 1908,
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Published, August, 1908
THE QUINN & BODEN CO. PRESS
RAHWAY, N. J.
To
That Spirit of Italy
Which Calls to Men in All Lands
Like the Charmed Voice of
Their Own History
There is no history more alternately desperateand hopeful than that of the scatteredItalian states in their efforts to form aunited nation. Many forces fuse in the progressof such a popular movement, and each force hasits own particular spokesman or leader. Theprophet and the soldier, the poet and the statesman,each gives his share of genius. Those menwho seemed to represent the most potent forcesin this history are included here.
CONTENTS
ALFIERI
ALFIERI, THE POET
Alfieri